Patent decision

BL number

O/056/06

Concerning rights in

EP(UK) 0673730 B1

Hearing Officer

Mr P Back

Decision date

1 March 2006

Person(s) or Company(s) involved

Black & Decker Inc. v GMCA Pty Ltd

Provisions discussed

Section 27

Keywords

Costs

Related Decisions

O/054/06

Summary

Following an earlier decision on an application to amend under Section 27 in which the hearing officer decided that the requested amendments were allowable, the applicant asked for an award of costs. A decision was deferred to give the Opponent, who was not present at the hearing, to make submissions on costs. The Hearing Officer subsequently awarded the Applicant £2000 as a contribution to its costs

Full decision O/056/06 19Kb